English Explanatory Dictionary

gavotte

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A French dance, in either 4/4 or 2/2 time.
verb
  1. To perform this dance.

Word forms

gavotte gavottes gavotting gavotted

Etymology

From French, from Provençal gavoto (“dance of the mountain people”), from Old Occitan Gavot (“Alp native”, literally “glutton, boor”), from gaver (“force feed”), from Old Provençal gava (“crop”); attested since the 1690s.

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